Yarte
Yarte
يرتي | |
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  Yarte Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°27′N 36°0′E / 35.450°N 36.000°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia Governorate |
| District | Qardaha District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Fakhurah |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 902 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Yarte (Arabic: يرتي) (also Yarteh) is a Syrian village in the Latakia Governorate. According to the Syrian general census 2004, it had 902 inhabitants.[1]
The village was part of the Ugaritic kingdom and was mentioned as Yʿrt (Yaartu) in the archives of the city c. 1200 BC.[2][3]
References
- ^ "نتائج تعداد السكان والمساكن لعام 2004 على مستوى المدينة / قرية". المكتـــب المركـــزي للإحصـــــاء cbssyr. 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ William A. Ward, Martha Joukowsky (1992). The Crisis years: the 12th century B.C. : from beyond the Danube to the Tigris. p. 113.
- ^ Loren R. Fisher, ed. (1975). Ras Shamra Parallels. p. 290.
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